Mike Straubel Interview, Part 2

by Rant September 7, 2008

Well, it’s been a bit over a week since I posted part one of my interview with Mike Straubel, so perhaps it’s time to get on to part two. There has certainly been an interesting discussion going after I posted the first half. Before getting to the second act, however, it’s been an interesting week […]

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Mike Straubel Interview, Part 1

by Rant August 30, 2008

About ten days after the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced their decision in the Floyd Landis case, I had the chance to speak for almost an hour with Mike Straubel, the head of the Sports Law Clinic at the Valparaiso University Law School. Valpo’s Sports Law clinic is, to the best of my knowledge, […]

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Olympics Post-Mortem/But Is It Meaningful?

by Rant August 26, 2008

Olympics Post-Mortem This post started its life as just an Olympics Post-Mortem. Well, as far as that goes, much has been written and not much of it means a whole heck of a lot. For a rather complete list of doping cases that have surfaced since athletes first arrived at the Olympic Village in Beijing, […]

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Olympic Scorecard

by Rant August 19, 2008

Before the Olympics began, many pundits and a few well-placed officials took guesses at how many athletes would test positive during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Even Jacques Rogge, the head of the International Olympic Committee, got in on the act. Just before the Olympic Games began, Rogge was quoted by a number of news […]

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Phelps Gets His Eighth!

by Rant August 16, 2008

All through the swimming coverage that NBC has offered up during the Beijing Olympics, the announcers have hyped the possibility that Michael Phelps could set a record by winning a total of eight gold medals. And in the process, he’d edge out Mark Spitz’s record set back in 1972. As you’ve no doubt noticed, the […]

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Mayo Analysis

by Rant August 12, 2008

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, no doubt you’ve already heard about the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision in the case of Iban Mayo. A CAS panel issued a ruling suspending the Spanish cyclist from competition for two years, based on a positive test for EPO during the 2007 Tour de France. […]

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